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Released: February 05, 2013
Best value colleges strive to cut sticker shock
Source: Mary Beth Marklein, USA Today (Free Registration)
Their tuition sticker prices may look daunting, but many of the nation's most selective colleges and universities are producing graduates with student loan debt below national averages, according to affordability data from The Princeton Review released today.
Advice to families beginning the college search: Don't screen schools based on published tuition prices. And many students can get thousands of dollars — even tens of thousands of dollars — in grants that don't have to be paid back.
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